Factbox: Near 440,000 without power as Florence batters Carolinas
U.S. Southeast power companies said nearly 440,000 homes and businesses in North Carolina and South Carolina were without power on Friday as Hurricane Florence hit the coast.
Hurricane Florence makes landfall, set to deluge Carolinas
Hurricane Florence crashed into the Carolinas as a giant, slow-moving storm on Friday, threatening catastrophic flooding while leaving scores in need of rescue from rising waters and hundreds of thousands without power.
Florence makes landfall near Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina: NHC
Hurricane Florence made landfall near Wrightsville Beach North Carolina, the U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) said in its latest advisory on Friday.
Gas explosions drive thousands out of homes in Boston suburbs
Some 8,000 people were driven from their homes in the Boston suburbs by a series of gas explosions, and it was unclear on Friday when they could go back.
Center of Hurricane Florence 25 miles off North Carolina coast: NHC
The Center of Hurricane Florence was about 25 miles east of Wilmington, North Carolina at 4 a.m. (0800 GMT) on Friday, the U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) said.
U.S. reports mild bird flu virus at California farm: OIE
The United States has reported an outbreak of the low pathogenic H7N3 bird flu virus at a turkey farm in California, the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) said on Friday.
One dead, a dozen injured in gas blasts in Boston suburbs
Dozens of gas explosions killed at least one person, injured 12 more and forced thousands to evacuate from three communities north of Boston on Thursday.
Factbox: More than 188,000 without power as Florence batters Carolinas
U.S. Southeast power companies said more than 188,000 homes and businesses in North Carolina and South Carolina were without power early Friday as Hurricane Florence caused a deluge ahead of its landfall later in the day.
Millions of Americans still trapped in debt-logged homes ten years after crisis
School bus driver Michael Payne was renting an apartment on the 30th floor of a New York City high-rise, where the landlord’s idea of fixing broken windows was to cover them with boards.
Dozens of gas blasts rock Boston suburbs, killing at least one, injuring 12
Dozens of explosions, apparently triggered by a natural gas pipeline rupture, rocked three communities near Boston on Thursday, killing at least one person, injuring 12 and prompting the evacuation of hundreds, officials said.
